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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Mulsantina » Painted Lady Beetle (Mulsantina picta)
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Ladybug - Mulsantina picta
Copyright © 2010 Cody R. Hough

Ladybug - Mulsantina picta
Little Presque Isle, Marquette Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
May 24, 2010
Found washed up on the shore after a strong storm.
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Contributed by Cody R. Hough on 25 May, 2010 - 1:58am
Last updated 11 December, 2011 - 10:58am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Cody R. Hough, 25 May, 2010 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Pine lady beetle
Mulsantia picta or related species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 May, 2010 - 2:04am login or register to post comments

 
common names strike again :)
I think we've decided to call this little beauty the Painted Lady Beetle, the nearest translation of "picta." There are a number of other spp. called pine lady beetles, I've been trying to find alternate common names to tell them apart. However, I'm not making up names...much as I occasionally want to :)
… Abigail Parker, 26 May, 2010 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

 
It's spelled Mulsantina
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… Skip Blanchard, 25 May, 2010 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

 
If this is...
If this is M. picta will it need a new page? There is another Pine lady bug but it is in a completely different genus? Synonyms or different?
… Cody R. Hough, 25 May, 2010 - 2:19am login or register to post comments

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